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G. E. OREEGY & A. B. BURNS.

FIRE ESCAPE.

No. 279,348. v Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. CREEOY AND ALEXANDER B. BURNS, OF \VASHINGTON, D.

.FI'RE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,348, dated June 12,1883.

Application filed December 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it 72mg concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES EATON OREE- or and ALEXANDER B. BURNS, ofWashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented cer- 5 tain newand useful Improvements in Fire- Escapes and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is ahorizontal sectional view of our improved combined fire-escape andstandpipe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the same. Fig. 3is a horizontal sectional view, showing a modified construction of theclamping-collar,- and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the complete ladder andstand-pipe with its appurtenances. I Like letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Our invention has relation to that class of fire=escapes which consistof a ladder fixed permanently to the outside wall of a building inproximity to the windows, reaching from the ground to the roof of thebuilding, and provided with suitably-arranged balconies or platforms forenabling the inmates of a house, in case of a fire, to reach and escapeby the ladder through the windows. r Our improvement consists in soarranging the stand-pipe and ladder that they will mutually support orbrace each other by means of a p eculiarly-constructed clamping-collarmade in one or more pieces, which permits the firemen and. other personsin ascending or descending the ladder to take hold of or grasp the siderails of the same, which cannot well be done where the stand-pipe itselfconstitutesone of the sides or side rails of the ladder, owing to itsdimensions.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the stand-pipe, which may or maynot be pro 4 5 .vided with a duplex inlet or so-called Siameseattachment, A, at the bottom. At each story it is provided with theusual hose-coupling to permita streamof water to be turned into any oneof the several stories, as well as at the outlet or top, for the purposeof flooding the roof when desired by attaching a hose and nozzle. Thestand-pipe is suitablyfixed in the platforms or balconies outside theseveral stories, by means of which access is afforded to the ladder fromthe inside, the ladder being in like manner suitably fixed in theplatforms or balconies with whichit communicates. These platforms orbalconies maybe constructed and arranged in any approved manner, and,inasmuch as they form no part of our present in vention, are not shownon the drawings.

B B are the side rails, and Othe rounds, of the ladder. The ladder andstand-pipe are buckled together in close proximity by means ofclamping-collars D, made in one or more pieces, as shown in Figs. 1 and3, respectively, and having squared bails or loops D, shaped to fit theside rails, B. These clamping-col lars may be placed under theladder-rounds or above them, or alternately under and above them, asdesired. A block, F, of wood, iron, orother suitable material, is placedwithin the loop D between the side rail, B, and the stand-pipe, thatside of it facing the stand pipe being concaved to fit the swell orbulge of the pipe, as shown in Fig. 1. There is, howevenno necessity ofplacing one of these blocks in each of the clamping-collars. In practiceit will answer the purpose to place them suitable distances apart toproperly space the ladder and stand-pipe; or they may be dispensed withaltogether by so constructing the clamp ing-collars that a space will beleft between the side rail of tl 1e ladder and the standpipe. The objectof this is to leave a space between the ladder and the pipe, which willenable persons ascending or descending the ladder to'grasp the rails onboth sides, and thus prevent accidents from slipping or making falsesteps on the roundsaceidents which are liable to occur during theexcitement of a fire.

By tightening up the bolt or bolts E, which are inserted through thelips 11 d, by means of their nuts 0, the collars will be clamped tightlyaround the stand-pipe, so as to cause their loops D to hug theladder-rail'tightly, as shown in the drawings. In this manner thestandpipe and ladder will mutually support one an other, permitting bothto be constructed of lighter material than, otherwise without in theleast affecting their efficiency. In other words, the proximity of thestand-pipe to the ladder,

connected, as they are, by the clamping-eol.-- lars D, constitutes onesolid and substantial structure, without actually making the standpipe apart of the ladder, or vice versa.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States 1. The stand-pipe A and laddercomposed of the rounds C and side rails, B 13, connected to mutuallysupport or brace one another by ela1nping-collars D, provided withspacingbloeks F, substantially as and for the purpose shown and setforth.

2. The clamping-collars D, having squared loops D, and adapted to beelanipedaround the stand-pipe A and side rail, B, by nutted boltsE a,substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The combination, in a fire-escape, of the stand-pipe A,clamping-collars D D, nutted bolts E e, spacing-blocks F, and laddercomposed of the rounds G and side rails, BB, substantially as and forthe purpose herein shown. and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaffixed our signaturcs in'presenee of two witnesses.

CHARLES EATON OREEGY. ALEXANDER B. BURNS. \Vitnesses:

LOUIS BAGGER, A'UeUsrr PETERSON.

